Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] AM: No Static At All

[John Sampson <jnsampson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I enjoyed listening to KMPX when we lived in Cupertino in the mid 1960s. Around that time, I heard via the grapevine that an ex-NRCer, Ben Patch, was involved with the station when they first started the underground.  Does that ring a bell with anyone?   I don't remember the strike, etc., perhaps it happened after we left Cupertino for Winston-Salem in 1968.  Also, I believe that FMer KSJO in San Jose started underground shortly before we moved.  Used to listen to a great folk music show with Kin (Baggy) Baggot (sp) on KSJO, at that time. - John

 
On Jun 17, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Mike Hawkins wrote:

> Similarly, KMPX in San Francisco broadcast album-oriented rock back in the
> days when it was called underground.  The DJs were generally from Top 40 AM
> stations who felt there was more to the music than what could be said in
> three minutes or less.  KMPX became very popular in San Francisco, and the
> owner decided that the DJs were getting paid too much money.  Out of the
> kindness of his heart, he instituted a pay cut and they instituted a
> strike.  They pooled their money and bought a floundering classical station
> owned by Metromedia named KSAN.  They moved their format from KMPX to KSAN,
> and KSAN immediately became the #1 FM station in San Francisco for younger
> demographics, and also became the station that was copied in every major
> market.  KSAN lasted from 1967 until it went country somewhere around 1980.
> 
> Mike Hawkins
> 

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